Warning: I thought a cheap moisture meter would be fine for a quick check

It gave me a false dry reading on a slab in a basement job, and I ended up eating the cost of a full tear-out and reinstall six months later. Lost about $3,200 on that one. What's the most reliable meter you guys actually trust?

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3 Comments

david_jones386d ago

But come on... how often does that really happen? Seems like a freak thing.

finley_gonzalez496d ago

Freak thing" is way too kind, it happens more than you'd think. What meter do you actually use for basement slabs?

the_lisa6d ago

Honestly, you see it all the time with cheap moisture meters. A pin-type meter is the only real way to check a slab before you put flooring down. Anything else is just guessing.